Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-08
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TEMPERANCE COllJMv
Extracts from a Sermon by Rer, u. ro

Extracts from Sermon by Rev. p,rp. @
ley, of Yankton.
Texts: "Am Imy brothers keens,,, M
Gen. 1v-9. eve that are strong an..,
to bea: the infrmities of the weak o., o., h
not to please ourselves" f" Romans y, s.
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! have one of the problems of the RIM. IS
stated and answered. Cain, thef,, "A
murderer, having slain his brother !, n
asked where Abel is. With snee, & II
answers, "Am my brothers keene,.. B
And in this answer he states in 6v. B
words the complete position of a selsss L
man. What have I to do with Aha,s B
The same father begot us, the sams B
mother bore us. But what Of thatp L
have my rights. I Shall MAINTAIN
them. If he crosses my path, so much
the worse for him. Hemustlook afta,
his own interests. When he interiors;
with me l will strike. lfmy happiness
in impaired because he succeeds, will
resent it. / will make him smart for
it. If he stands in my light will
strike him down, and there is an end
of it.
| Am my brothers keeper?
But the New Testament says to thh
selfish question, 1--WE that are strong
ought to bear the infirmities of the
weak, and not to please ourselves
What an answer that is to the passion.
ate question, Am my brothers keen.
er?
The question asked by the murderer
Cain is constantly asked by men and
women to-day. The saloon keeper ply.
ing his deadly trade making large pro-
fits from his brothers iniirmitieS SAYS,
.'my trade is lawful. If any man in.
lures himself by drink which sell, It
is his owD fault, notmlne. If he abuses
his wife and starves his children, what
is that to me2 Am l my brothers
keeper?'
The man who drinks in moderation,
and boasts of his self-control, and who
cares nothing what his example may
do, says 81 do not abuse my appetite.
| Why should | be asked to totally ab.
stain? Why should l deny myself be
cause another man is indiscreet2
take care Of myself, let him take care
of himself. Am my brothers keep
er?'
Ignorance is an intirmity. The mass
of mankind are very ignorant. Ignor-
ant of their bodies and disobey the
laws OF health, and bring upon them
selves disease and death. Men are
ignorant of the facts about their minds
and their intellectual destiny, and SO
they disobey the laws of the mind, fill
ing it with trash and nonsense until
their minds are no more the machines
for thought which God intended then
to be. Men are ignorant about thel
souls; forgetting that it is here build
ing Tor eternity, and that 1t has an i'm
mortal destiny, they scar it with sir
and make it foul with evil disease:
and profane it with vicious habits, III
til 1t is a wreck of a soul, fit for nOtf
ing good nor holy, only fit for outt
darkness. Now ignorance is gre'
infirmity. But those of us who Al
strong ought to bear the infirmity
the weak. We ought to be teachers
we have any knowledge.
If we know that intemperance dc
troys the body, out of our knowlede
we should help those that are ignora
of the fact; we should be teachers
temperance by our. example and co
duct. We ought, out of our knowledl
cf the powers and destinies of tt
mind, teach those who are ignorar
that evil thoughts and false thinkin
will destroy the mind. Teach them
pure and true thinking, and speakin
that truth and purity are good. Sha
your knowledge with your less favor,
brother, and the stronger his infirmit
the larger let your gifts to him be, al
then you will follow the Masters teac
inp. * x Ourr
sponsibilities commence at home. 1h
enlarge and they cover our churc
They extend to all the churches, to tn
city, to our land. to the world. Al
whenever there is a cry Of need tn
reaches our ears. whenever hand
stretched out in its weakness to j
our support, whenever we have C;
and can answer, then comes our reSpo
sibility. Then it is Gods voice biddil
us share what we have with the ne
of some other soul. so that to our ov
need and infirmity there may COZ
back help and healing.
1t is a sweet thought that comes
us, that we. in all our weakness a
feebleness of faith, can be instrumer
IN Gods hand of ministering to b
needy children. For even Christ hi
self came not to be ministered uni
but to minister to the wants and wc
of humanity. A naughty Roman pt
tiff once called himself the "serI
servorum Del, or the servant Of
servants of God" 1t was pride Il
prompted him to use the title, but
J us not in pride, but in thankfulnt
call ourselves the servants of Gods
!, wants, glad to be able to do that sa
: work which our Lord left His Thr'
:, to commence.
t Faithfully, humbly and patiently
e nS hear one annthnr'S burdens